Emergency laparoscopic surgery in the elderly and frail patient (Paperback)

Part 1.- How to Define an Elderly and Frail Patient ?.- 1 Defining the Burden of Emergency General Surgery in the Elderly Today.- 2 A Worldwide Overview of Emergency Laparoscopic Procedures in the Elderly.- 3 The Economic Burden of Emergency Abdominal Surgery in the Elderly: What is the Role of Laparoscopy?.- 4 Goals of Care in Emergency Abdominal Surgery in the Elderly and Frail Patient.- 5 Wound Healing in the Elderly and Frail Patient.- Part 2 Acute Cholecystitis.- 6 Gallstone Ileus.- 7 Acute Pancreatitis.- 8 Acute Appendicitis.- 9 Non-Specific Abdominal Pain.- 10 Perforated Gastro-Duodenal Ulcer.- 11 Gastric Outlet Obstruction.- 12 Obstructing Colonic Tumor.- 13 Acute Diverticulitis.- 14 Small Bowel Obstruction.- 15 Incarcerated Groin and Crural Hernias.- 16 Incarcerated Incisional and Ventral Hernias.- 17 Abdominal Trauma.- 18 Acute Mesenteric Ischemia.- 19 Gynecologic Emergencies.- 20 Bedside Laparoscopy in the Elderly and Frail Patient.- 21 Emergency Robotic Surgery for Acute Abdomen in the Elderly and Frail Patient.- 22 Enhanced Recovery After Emergency Surgery in the Elderly and Frail Patient.- 23 Antibiotics in Emergency General Surgery in the Elderly and Frail Patient.- 24 Anesthesia and Emergency Laparoscopy in the Elderly and Frail Patient.- 25 Imaging in Emergency Surgery in the Elderly and Frail Patient.- 26 Emergency Laparoscopy in the Elderly and Frail Patient: Perioperative Nursing Considerations